Does taking my glasses off to 'let my eyes rest' actually have any meaningful effect? Or am I just making my eyes work harder?
Started wearing glasses full-time a few months ago and I usually take them off during my lunch break because, well I’m mainly looking at my sandwich and I’ve been told it’s good to let your eyes ‘relax’ as such.
I suppose this varies from person to person and I can only speak as a glass wearer with some… uhhh… 30-ish years of practice: your eyes can get tired. I have some days when I can’t stand the feeling of my glasses and have to take them off a lot. My experience is that contacts make me really tired, much more than glasses. It’s like my brain refuses to function if I see like a normal person. It’s all just anecdotal unless a medic confirms it though :)
Agreed. After getting used to my glasses I never wanted to take them off again. I hadn’t realized how badly my eyes were straining to focus before I got them.
This also caused my vision without glasses to rapidly worsen, as my eyes were no longer used to having to work so hard. It wasn’t my eyes actually getting worse as my vision with glasses stayed the same.
Now when I take my glasses off my left eye in particular actually aches with the effort of trying to focus.
Your head might need the rest from the glasses on your head, but when you take your glasses off your eyes have to work harder to compensate. So, the idea is sound, but the explanation is wrong.
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